The Gilded Years

by Karin Tanabe

Book Overview

Passing meets The House of Mirth in this "utterly captivating" (Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House) historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first black student to attend Vassar, who successfully passed as white--until she let herself grow too attached to the wrong person.

Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501110454
• ISBN13: 9781501110450
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.1"